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Moishe Alexander Donates to Eddie Shack’s Battle of the Badges
Moishe Alexander and Canadian Funding Corporation donated $57.50 CDN to Eddie Shack’s Battle of the Badges (http://www.battleofthebadges.com) in 2008.
About Battle of the Badges:
The Battle of the Badges Benefit Hockey Game
It’s a time where local heroes unite with legendary NHL players to bring the community together and entertain them with a good old fashioned hockey game. It’s a game where the score never really matters, and the real winners are always the beneficiaries that are helped from the proceeds.
While winning is always nice, it is not the motivating factor behind Battle of the Badges. Instead, the true goal when the players hit the ice is to raise money for worthy local causes and provide the fans with a memorable game. The big success of these deserving charities depends on the generous support from the community and corporate sponsors. Teams from all over the country combined with some NHLers is a winning combination for these deserving charities.
Enjoy Tyke Teams, getting autographs, winning prizes, picking up some souvenirs and meeting the players…in addition to helping great causes!
Moishe Alexander Donates to Zareinu Educational Centre
Moishe Alexander and Canadian Funding Corporation donated $72.00 CDN to Zareinu Educational Centre (http://www.zareinu.org) in 2008.
About Zareinu:
Zareinu is a Jewish Day School and Treatment Centre, which provides special education and individualized therapies to children with a wide range of physical and developmental challenges.
We believe that “special” children are valuable members of the community and have the right to receive an adapted education, opportunities for improving life skills, communication strategies, and respect for their individual strengths. We believe the family is an integral part of our efforts and their input is treated with respect. We encourage parental participation in planning individual programs. We believe that every child has potential. We believe in a coordinated, cooperative effort to develop and provide therapies and learning strategies that will improve the quality of life for each child and family.
We strive to battle prejudice and encourage inclusion through opportunities for supported integration whenever possible.
We advocate for acceptance of children with special needs in the community.
Our teachers, therapists and consulting specialists are experts in their respective disciplines. Our team is multifaceted, ensuring that we offer opportunities for children to take their first steps, communicate their first words, share a smile and reach for that important hug.
Moishe Alexander Donates to United Chesed
In 2008, Moishe Alexander donated $1,700.00 CDN to United Chesed of Toronto and Vicinity (http://www.unitedchesed.com).
About United Chesed:
Providing emergency rapid support, to families and individuals requiring food, clothing, shelter, medical, financial, and social support both directly and through a vast networking system.
United Chesed is a registered not-for-profit charity organization, that is unique. We provide emergency rapid response, with and average of 24 hour turn over time, to those requiring food, clothing, shelter, financial and social assistance.
We are dedicated to fulfilling the needs of the growing numbers of Jewish families living in poverty in Toronto and the GTA.
United Chesed assists individuals and families on a short-term basis until they are able to provide for themselves or other agencies in our network take over.
Our Future Vision
* To create a unified body which will serve the Jewish community with all its resources for the benefit and maintenance of the Jewish residents of Toronto and its suburbs.
* To establish and maintain an active network of communications between synagogues, as a result of which various aspects of Chesed can be obtained.
* To enhance and create a climate of Sholom Bayis with all the involved parties for the well-being and stability of the Jewish community in Toronto and be an example for other communities in North America.
United Chesed of Greater Toronto is the brainchild of Thornhill Dentist, Dr. Brian (Baruch) Price. Dr. Price, implemented his vision to establish an umbrella organization, to serve the impoverished Jews in the GTA regardless of affiliation. The organization was developed to serve two purposes, provide basic needs to people and act as a support network, able to connect individual with vital resources in the community.
For the past seven years, through its one stop referral service and working with the representatives from many organizations, United Chesed has helped thousands of individuals in desperate need of food, shelter, clothing, medical and social assistance.
November 12, 2005, Dr. Price and his team organized their first community awareness and networking event at the North York Civic Centre. The Keynote speaker, Mr. Paul Godfrey, CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays, said “he was impressed with United Chesed’s mandate to unify Jewish charities to educate the community. It is with great hope and faith in the ENTIRE community that United Chesed firmly believes that no child, adult or elderly individual will be without bread on their table.”